---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-022010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARES"
cik: "0001176948"
company_name: "Ares Management Corp"
filed_at: "2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T16:37:22.535967+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Q1 2025: AUM tops $500B; after-tax realized income $1.09/share; dividend $1.12

## Summary
- GAAP net income of $47.2M; after-tax realized income of $381.4M ($1.09/share).
- Fee related earnings of $367.3M, with 20%+ YoY growth across key metrics.
- Assets under management surpassed $500B; record ~$100B of AUM not yet paying fees.
- Integration of GCP International acquisition progressing; bolsters Real Assets business.
- Quarterly common dividend of $1.12/share declared, payable June 30, 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-022010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARES
- cik: 0001176948
- company_name: Ares Management Corp
- filed_at: 2025-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025022010/0001628280-25-022010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1176948/000162828025022010/ares-20250505.htm

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